Spencer kellogg



(No Model.) I

S.KELLO GG.

BROOM SHIELD.

N0.v 351,777. I Patented Nov. 2, 1886.

witnessigs. I I (/Inventor.

. 1; and 4 represents the guard;

UNITED STATES. PATENT OFFIC SPENOER KELLOGG, OEBUFFALO, NEW YORK.

BROOM-SHIELD.

SPECIPICATIONjorming part of Letters Patent No. 351,777, dated November 2, 1886.

Application filed December 16, 1855. Serial No. 185,803. (No model.)

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SPENCER KELLoee, a citizen of the United States, residing in Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Broom-Shields,of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to providea strong and simple shield or guard for protect ing and improving the upper portion of a broom, and will be fully and clearly hereinafter shown, described, and claimed by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a side elevation of a portion of a broom, showing my improved guard or shield connected thereto. Fi g. 2 represents the shape of the guard before being formed.

1 represents a portion of an. ordinary broomhandle, secured to the broom 2 by wire in the usual way, a part of which is shown at 3,-Fig. It is formed from a blank similar to that shown in Fig. 2,

and is provided with a series of star-shaped holes, 5, at or near the bottom, and a series of holes, 6, near the top.

7 represents a shallow groove adapted to receive one or more coils of wire, 8. (Shown in Fig. 1.) The body of the guard, or that portion'between the rows of holes and 6, is provided with a series of ribs, 9. These ribs greatly strengthen the guard, and also add to itsappearance. 10 represents theholesthrough which the tacks 11 are driven to secure it to the broom when in place. 7

The two rows of holes 5 and 6 are punched, so as to cause the raw edges and sharp portions of the star-shaped holes to project inside,

so that when the guard is secured to a broom these edges will project into the parts to which it is secured and assist materially in keeping it firmly to its place.

In making the guard the blank is first cut out in a die in the well-known way, and the holes 5, 6, and 10 are then punched. The ribbed portion 9 and the groove7 are now put on by means of any tininans forming-machine, having a set of rollers provided with a series of grooves adapted to form the guard into shape, with the raw edges or burrs inside, as before stated, and at the same time the ribbed portion and the grooves are made; or it may be put into a stamping press or machine and all the parts stamped thereon and then formed up so that the ends of the blank will lap.

This guard is put onto a broom as shown in Fig. 1. The edge 12 laps over the other, and both are secured together and to the broomhandle by the tacks 11, which are driven in through the holes 10, as shown in Fig. 2.

I claim as my invention A broom-shield consistingof a metallic blank having longitudinal ribs or corrugations 9, aseries of perforations, 6, near the upper edge, a groove orreccss for the reception of wire below the ribs,andaseriesof star-shaped perforations near the lower edge, with the raw edges of said perforations projecting inward,and adapted to bite into the straw of the broom and hold the shield in place, substantially as described.

SPENCER KELLOGG.

Witnesses:

J ENNIE M. CALDWELL, J AMES SANGSTER. 

